Cyclic organosilicon materials

ABSTRACT

ORGANOSILICON CYCLICS CONTAINING RADICALS OF THE FORMULA H(C2F4)NCHR-C(R)2-, ARE USEFUL IN MAKING SOLVENT RESISTANT RUBBER. IN THE ABOVE FORMULA, R IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN AND A LOWER ALKYL RADICAL, N IS AN INTERGER EQUAL TO FROM 1 TO 3, INCLUSIVE R&#39;&#39; IS A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE CLASS CONSISTING OF MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS, HALOGENATED MONOVALENT HYDROCARBON RADICALS, AND CYANOALKYL RADICALS, AND M IS AN INTEGER EQUAL TO FROM 3 TO 8, INCLUSIVE.

'United States Patent 3,598,851 CYCLIC ORGANOSILICON MATERIALS Bruce A. Ashby, Schenectady, N.Y., assignor to General Electric Company No Drawing. Application Sept. 20, 1967, Ser. No. 679,948, which is a division of application Ser. No. 330,607, Dec. 16, 1963, now Patent No. 3,360,538. Divided and this application Jan. 23, 1970, Ser. No.

Int. Cl. C07f 7/08, 7/10 U.S. Cl. 260448.2R 2 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This application is a division of copending application Ser. No. 679,948 filed Sept. 20, 1967, which in turn is a division of application Ser. No. 330,607 filed Dec. 16, 1963, now U.S. Pat. 3,360,538.

The present invention relates to cyclic organo-silicon materials having fluorinated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals attached to silicon by carbon-silicon linkages.

The organosilicon materials of the present invention have at least one chemically combined unit of the formula,

( )a.( where a is an integer equal to from 1 to 4, inclusive, Z is H(C F ),,CHR--C(R) R is selected from hydrogen and a lower alkyl radical, and n is an integer equal to from 1 to 3, inclusive, where the valences of silicon in said unit of Formula 1, other than those satisfied by Z radicals, can be satisfied by a radical selected from hydrogen, R, X and (O) where R is selected from monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, and cyanoalkyl radicals, X is halogen, and y has a value between 0.5 to 1.5, inclusive.

The cyclic organosilicon materials are made from silanes having the formula,

where Z, X and a are as defined above, R" is selected from hydrogen, and R radicals, b is a Whole number equal to from 0 to 3, inclusive, 0 is a whole number equal to 2, and the sum of a, b, and c is equal to 4.

The organosilicon cyclics of the present invention have the formula,

i i I ice in the presence of a platinum catalyst, where the terms employed in Formulae 4 and 5 are the same as previously defined. The organosilicon cyclics of Formula 3 can be made by conventional hydrolysis of dihalosilane of Formula 2.

Radicals included by R are for example, methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, isobutyl, pentyl, hexyl, heptyl, octyl, etc. Radicals included by R are aryl, and halogenated aryl radicals, such as phenyl, tolyl, chlorophenyl, naphthyl, etc.; aralkyl radicals such as phenylethyl, etc.; aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, and haloaliphatic, such as cyclohexyl, cyclobutyl, etc.; alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, vinyl, allyl, trifluoroethyl, etc.; cyanoalkyl radicals such as cyanoethyl, cyanopropyl, cyanobutyl, etc. In the above formulae, and in formulae hereinafter, where monovalent radicals attached to silicon, for example, R and R can represent respectively more than one radical, these radicals can be all the same or they can be different.

The silanes of Formula 2, and the organosilicon cyclics of Formula 3, can be liquids, or solids, depending upon the ratio of Z radicals to silicon atoms, and the number of tetrafiuoroethylene units in a particular Z radical. Because they have Z radicals with terminal hydrogen atoms, certain of the liquid silanes included by Formula 2 possess valuable low temperature fluidity; these liquids are particularly valuable as hydraulic fluids.

The cyclics of the present invention are useful in making homopolymers composed of chemically combined units of Formula 1, and copolymers of from .01 to 99.99 mole percent of siloxy units having Z radicals attached to silicon by carbon-silicon linkages, and from .01 to 99.99 mole percent of organosiloxy units of the formula,

where R and m' are as defined above. The equilibration of the organosilicon cyclics shown by Formulae 3 and 7 can be accomplished by the use of a base catalyst such as alkali metal hydroxides, quaternary ammonium hydroxide, organosilicon salts of such hydroxides, etc. Specific examples of the catalyst that can be employed are the hydroxides of cesium, potassium, sodium, lithium and (CHR) SiOK, beta-hydroxyethyltrimethylammonium hydroxide, etc.

A significant feature of the organosilicon materials of the present invention is that the Z radicals attached to silicon have a terminal hydrogen atom. This provides for a reactive site and a variety of advantageous results. For example, the organosilicon materials of the present invention possess plural sites for cross-linking with ole finic materials by use of peroxide catalyst. The resulting materials can be rendered more compatible with organic compositions. Such modified polymers of the present invention, for example, can be painted more readily with standard organic paints.

' Silanes included by Formula 2, are for example,

3 ,3,4,4-tetrafiuorobutylmethyldichlorosilane,

3 ,3,4,4-tetrafiuorobutylphenyldichlorosilane,

3,3 ,4,4,5 ,5 ,6,6,7,7,8,8-dodecafiuorooctylmethyldichlorosilane, etc.

Included by the organosilicon cyclics shown by Formula 3 are 2,4,6-tris- (3 ',3 ',4',4'-tetrafluorobutyl) -2,4,6-trimethylcyclotrisiloxane,

2,4,6-tris- 3',3',4,4'-tetrafluorobutyl) -2,4,6-triphenylcyclo trisiloxane,

2,4,6,8-tetrakis- (3 ',3 ,4,4'-tetrafluorobutyl) -2,4,6,8-

tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane,

2,4,6-tris- 3 ,3',4',4',5',5',6,6'-octafiuorohexyl -2,4,6-

trimethylcyclotrisiloxane,

2,4,6-tris- 3',3',4',4',5 ',5 ',6,6'-octafluorohexyl triphenylcyclotrisiloxane,

2,4,6,8-tetrakis- 3 ,3 ',4',4,5',5',6',6-octafluorohexyl 2,4,6,8-tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane.

The silicon hydrides of Formula 4, utilized in the practice of the method of the present invention, are well known to the art, and include for example, methyldichlorosilane, phenyldichlorosilane, etc. The fiuoroalkenes shown by Formula 5 can be readily made by dehydration, by use of such materials as P sulphuric acid, etc., of the corresponding fluoroalcohols, examples of which are shown in Joyce Pat. 2,559,628.

In the practice of the invention, a silicon hydride is reacted with a fluoroalkene to produce a reaction product having at least one fluorinated monovalent hydrocarbon radical attached to silicon.

The addition of the fluoroalkene to the silicon hydride can be performed at a temperature between 25 C. and 150 C. However, higher or lower temperatures can be utilized, if desired, depending upon the physical and chemical properties of the reactants, such boiling point, decomposition temperature, etc. The addition is usually performed in the presence of a catalyst, such as a platinum catalyst, for example, H PtC1 -6H O can be employed. However, other conventional platinum catalysts such as platinum on charcoal, platinized silica gel, platinized asbestos, solutions of chloroplatinic acid and polar solvents such as alcohols, etc. During the reaction, it has been found expedient to agitate the reactants with a stirrer, or other means, to facilitate the addition of the fluoroalkene to the silicon hydride. Recovery of the addition product can be readily achieved by conventional separation procedures such as distillation, decantation, etc.

In forming the organosilicon cyclics shown by Formula 3, the corresponding dihalosilane can be hydrolyzed by standard procedures. For example, a dihalosilane, included by Formula 2 can be converted to the corresponding organosilicon cyclic by adding it to a rapidly stirred mixture of an alkali bicarbonate and an organic solvent. Water formed during the reaction can be removed by azeo tropic distillation. The resulting cyclics can be recovered by decantation and distillation procedures.

The polymers and copolymers formed by equilibrating cyclics of Formula 3 or a mixture of cyclics of Formula 3 and cyclics of Formula 6, can be gums, viscous masses, semisolids, etc. Elastomeric forming polymers preferably having a ratio of 1.98 to 2.01 radicals per silicon atom, also can be made. These polymers can have Z radicals, and organic radicals attached to silicon, such as the R radicals shown by the organosiloxy units of Formula 6.

Various ingredients such as structure additives, pigments, heat stabilizers, for example, iron oxide, or aryl urethanes can be utilized with the polymers of the present invention. In addition, reinforcing fillers such as the silica fillers, particularly, fumed silica filler can be utilized to impart improved strength to the polymers. Non-reinforcing fillers such as titanium oxide, lithopone, calcium carbonate, etc. also can be employed. In addition to the fillers,

4 structure additives such as diphenylsilanediol, alkoxystopped polydiorganosiloxanes in which the organo radicals are the same as shown by Formula 6, can be utilized to impart improved properties to the resulting elastomeric forming composition.

Organopolysiloxane elastomers can be made from the polymers and copolymers of the present invention by conventional milling, doughmixing, with the employment of curing catalyst, for example, benzoyl peroxide, tertiarybutylperbenzoate, bis-(2,4-dichlorobenzoyl)peroxide, etc. Persons skilled in the art will have little difiiculty in determining optimum amounts of the materials utilized for particular applications.

In order that those skilled in the art will be better able to practice the invention, the following examples are given by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. All parts are by weight.

EXAMPLE 1 There were added over a period of about 6 hours, to a mixture of 600 parts of methyldichlorosilane, and 0.4 part of H PtCl -6H O in alcohol, 549 parts of 3,3,4,4- tetrafluorobutene-l. The mixture was refluxed for an additional 6 hours to temperatures up to 98 C. The mixture was distilled and there was obtained an 88% yield of 3,3,4,4-tetrailuorobutylmethyldichlorosilane having a boiling point of 152 C. to 153 C. at 760 mm. Its identity was confirmed by elemental analysis for weight percent of C1 in HCF CF CF CH CH SiMeCl Calcd.: 29.2%; Found: 28.2%.

There was slowly added to a mixture of 450 parts of sodium bicarbonate and 1200 parts of toluene, 590 parts of 3,3,4,4 tetrafluorobutylmethyldichlorosilane during which time a moderate evolution of carbon dioxide was maintained from the reaction mixture. The mixture was then heated, and 36 parts of water was azeotroped therefrom. The mixture was then cooled, filtered, and stripped of toluene. The residue weighed 441 parts which represented a 96% yield of mixed methyltetrafiuorobutylsiloxy cyclics. The crude product was then fractionated and there was obtained 342 parts of 2,4,6-tris-(3',3',4', -tetra fiuorobutyl)-1,3,5-trimethylcyclotrisiloxane, B.P. 100 C. (1.3 mm.), r1 1.3752. The identity of the product was confirmed by a molecular weight determination in tetrachlorodifiuoroethane.

ture which was at a temperature of C., of 64.5 parts of the above prepared 2,4,6-tris(3',3',4,4-tetrafluor0- butyl) 1,3,5-trimethylcyclotrisiloxane, a minor amount of a methylvinylsiloxane, and 25.5 parts of octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane. There was utilized sufl'icient catalyst to provide for a concentration of 50 parts of catalyst, per million parts of mixture. After 2 hours of heating, an additional 50 parts, per million parts of the mixture of catalyst was added. After heating the mixture for 4 hours to a temperature of C., there was obtained a polymer that was colored dark yellow. Based on method of preparation, and materials utilized, the polymer was composed of about 50 mole percent of methyltetrafiuorobutylsiloxy units chemically combined with about 50 mole percent of at. mixture of dimethylsiloxy units and methylvinylsiloxy uni s.

There was added to 100 parts of the above polymer while it was milled, 35 parts of fumed silica, 2 parts of IIOH oxide, and 1.3 parts of benzoyl peroxide. After the resulting mixture had been milled to a uniform mass, it

was formed into a sheet from which test slabs were cut. The test slabs were press-cured at 300 F. for 15 minutes, and oven-cured 16 hours at 300 F. Other test slabs were press-cured for the same period of time, but were oven cured for 16 hours at 480 F. In addition, some of the press-cured slabs were immersed in Fuel B" for seventy hours at room temperature to measure swell resistance. Fuel B was composed of 70 volumes of isooctane and 30 volumes of toluene.

Table I below shows the results obtained when the slabs of Example 2 were measured for H hardness (Shore A), T tensile (p.s.i.) and E elongation (percent). The percent swell shows increase in volume based on weight in air and weight in water calculations.

The 2,4,6 tris (3',3,44' tetrafluorobutyl) 1,3,5- trimethylcyclotrisiloxane of Example 6 is polymerized at room temperature to a soft gum consisting essentially of chemically combined units, with 50 parts of tetrahutylphosphoniumsilanolate, per million parts of reactants. The polymer is decatalyzed by exposing it to carbon dioxide. The polymer is then milled, compounded in accordance with Example 2, and cured. It is found that the polymer exhibits satisfactory elastomeric properties and a high degree of resistance to swell when immersed in Fuel B for 70 hours at room temperature.

Based on the results shown in Table I, one skilled in the art would know that the organisilicon materials of the present invention having Z radicals attached to silicon by carbon-silicon linkages, can be employed form a variety of oil resistant organopolysiloxane polymers and copolymers. As shown by Table I, these polymers are significantly better with respect to percent swell than comparable organopolysiloxane elastomers free of Z radicals. Those skilled in the art know, for example, that an elastomer made from a polydimethylsiloxane would show at least 200% swell under the same conditions used in Example 2.

While the foregoing examples have of necessity been limited to only a few of the very many variables within the scope of the present invention, it should be understood that the present invention covers a much broader class of compositions.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. Organosilicon cyclics having the formula,

where Z is H(C F CHRC(R) R is a member selected from the class consisting of hydrogen and a lower alkyl radical, n is an integer equal to from 1 to 3, inclusive, R is a member selected from the class consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, halogenated monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, and cyanoalkyl radicals, and m is an integer equal to from 3 to 8, inclusive.

2. A composition of Formula 1 consisting of 1,3,5- tris(3,3',4,4 tetrafluorobutyl) 1,3,5 trimethylcyclotrisiloxane.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,983,746 5/1961 Smith et al. 260448.2R 3,148,201 9/1964 Fassnacht 260448.2R 3,188,336 6/1965 Haszeldine 260448.2R 3,360,538 12/1967 Ashby 260448.2R 3,450,738 6/1969 Blochl 260448.8RX 3,378,076 11/1969 Kim et a1. 260449.2R

TOBIAS E. LEVOW, Primary Examiner P. F. SHAVER, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R.

26037SB, 465E, 46.5G, 448.2N 

